(Frn our Usv,a w.Jr*s1apondeat.) The marble quarry lneUr the Thom-u son -River, W\\all:;a.a road, is about to be started, somao ent-erprising Mel bourne capitalists having. inspected it daring last week, these gentlelnael Ibeing well satistied with it. It will bIe rlellemlllberd tlat this quarry was nielnel up some years ago, hut owing r a railway being no nearor thaln laa-rialgon, the work was inot perse vered -sith as the expense would have blenr too great. lessrs Lincola and Humlphries, storekeepels, who hav:e cau-ied oil business here for twelve months, are well satisfied witlh the town and dist rict. They are doing a larger businless thian any of their predecessors dil. A vist to their shop during the evening would satisfy any pe.son ats to the briskness of the busilness doing. WVhat has become of the petition tha:t was to be run for signaltures ill in favor of soveran:lce H;as it died a na:ttur:al death 1 It is to be hoped not, as it will no doulbt set this allach dis cussed q...

.lIWECK OF THE KIELA WAiRRA. (By Special ,Vire.) Melbourne, Thursday, :1 o'clock. ,Alprofound sensationi wais caused in shipping circles and throughout all tile coiYfinluity' when it. wins known th.t another marine disaster hlad taken place, and 43 lives lost. It appears that froml the intelligence to h1and that the steauner Helen Nicol put into Trial Bay this morning and reported having been in collision with the steamer Kielawar:L off North of South SoliLtuy Isl;and, About nine o'clock last 'night the. Kielawa-rra sank in five to ten minutes after the collision. Tile captain and abot 25 of the passengers, and 11 of the crew were lost, also six of the crew of the I-Hel n Nicol, tile latter has had great damage done to her, her bows having been conipletely carried away. She sailed for Sydney at seven a.m. After transhipping pLassengers into the teauuer Australialt which also goes to Sydney ill comlp:any. The Helen Nicol is at small steamer of itbout 120 tolls, belonging to Jolhn Sic...

TR.RAILLG'OX POLICE COURT.. VEDXSESD.Y, DeL)CKtC: S. Before Mr. J. Peterkin and Dr. Jlor risont J's P. A SERIOUS CHIIANGEI Jaune De onoski, a latldy Irecelltl' Ipr forming here with a theatrical c om palty was charged on rctnanld with. larceny as a bailee of the sutm of £11 ,,n the 19th ult. Mr. Parkin prose cuted and Mr. Seajeant alppeared for the defence. The latter took the oh, jection that the iltfortnttion was hali' .ts it did not disclose the ownerlship of the property. Mr. Parkin quoted the G9th sectiovl, of the Police Otfences Statue, to .show that the inforniation could be amnetled. The bench 'ilpheld Mr. Serjeatlt's. view and ordered the accused to lte disoharged. FRANKI V IDECONOSKtI. This was all action brought Iby Matthew 1rantki, a contraetor to r'e cover £6 Os Gil, alleged to have been lent to one Sil Stathlam at the requeit, of .Mrs 1)econoski. .1r. Parkin appeared for Frainki,. and Mr. Set jeant for Mrs Ileconoski. The defence was at denlial of liability. The eviden...

FAULKNER &amp; CO., MANUFACTURING JEWELLERS, LONDON AND PARIS. THE TALK OF MELBOURNE. FAULKNER'S{ CELEBRATED DIAMANTE DIAMONDS DETECTIO1 Ill.U LFAMOUS AURANIAN GoLr AND SILVEn JmEWELERY JIMP03C:I3E FAULKNER'S DIAMANTE DIAMONDS are known an over the world a the finest il::tation ever prored. They are perfectly white, and EMIT ALL THE BRILLIANCY AND REFRACTIVE POWER OF THE REAL GEM, and are the only artidlcal diamonds imperdious to the acton of water or lihtL They willearsomparison sideby ide with the most SUPERB BRILLIANTS OF THE FIRST WATER. CAULKNER'S AURANIAN COLD AND SILVER are PATENT metals, sod are admitted the mnet tnislne msubtitites for REAL GOLD AND STERLING SILVER. The distinguishing chlracteristie of Jenerlery mealof..nraniaIn Metali,, RICHNESS OF COLOUR THROJ?TOUT, BRICHT SHININC LUSTRE, AND EXQUISITE FINISH, showing none of that roughness observable in the m~ny cheap makes now on the narketl Au?anian Jewellery may be thoroughly relied up3n to wear; experts positivel...

S.II1 SILCI.ESTER. AN AUSTRALIAN STORY,* BY NORMAN WAKEFIELD. CHAPTER XIV. Tii the evening of thlit Saturday, the Crayfish, after many hours beating up against an adverse wind, came to auichor at. the point of Rocheville. The captain had Iusiness ashore, and lie ordered a boat to Ire lowered to take him across. " Mr S Icliester," he said, " I must go ashore for a half-hour to see Blurier, will you accompany tme ? " I will with pleasure," Sanm replied, "for I have been longing to feel the firm ground under my feet once again." They then proceeded to the landing plaice, which was a large flat rock. There was only a gentle swell on at the tine, but neverthelsss it required a certain amount of dexterity-especi in the dark-to jump from the boat to the rock. The captain was the first to go ashore, and then lie olffred Sa;ii a hellping.Jand and piloted him safely ashore aldo. Mr lllurter, seeing the ship beating up, and expecting the captain to conme aslhore, was at the landing place when ...

GORRESI'PODEXCE. To the l tor a of the Traraloon oe rd. With all due respect to the opineions of others I must nevertheless diflir with solle of the explrmsions conveyel through vyouir cludumns in ry,,sectiion with the rival routes of tramwavs to W\Valhtalla. As re gardi the lairzntueliIt blroutlht forward inl I tear of the Mie route, which are two in nunllm r, first--that there amr inexhaust ible supplioes of coal at the .Mo '.e supply the great deticieicy of feel at Walallsla for the windling, pumping, and cnshiing engi,,. Now, Mr. Elitir, I was for many vears resident at VWalhala, and from the earliet days of Victorian mllining to the plreenllt timea hare Ien con nected wlth mining plursmitS. Without any desire to disparlge th: FIo, c,-al seams, I assert that coal is useless for mining fuel at Willalhla. In the first place solme hundlreds of thou.a,,ls of polunds have been explendedi at Wadhalla upon machinery of the hlist and lmost approved tuodern type, and in each and every ec...

"MODERAI'E. urI' PROGRESSIVE." (Publishdl erc-. Tuesday l &amp; Fidav morning.) FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1806. A nlscussiox of considerable impor ttence in its iharing on the procedure of municipal councils took place at the meet.ing of the Trnmlrlgon Shire Coun cil on Wednesdty l:st. CI. E.N.LlSl informed the councillors that informta tion had been conveyed to hi that at the termination of the previous meeting a councillor had divulged the iroceedings in committee, rand had stated that in connection with the printing tender, that an attempt had been made to keep advertisements out of a certain paper. Cr. ExsNLISI stigmatised such action as a breach of privilege in very strong terms und advocated thatin future, tenders should be decided in openl council. During the course of hls speech the councillor waxed very warmI ill his remuarks, and some smart personalities were indulged in. Several of thle councillors inclined to the opinion tlhat any disclosure in regard to pro:edings ill co...

COYCERT AT TRARALGCO SOUTII. A social concert was held at Traral gon South on Friday evening last, commencing at 730. MIr. J. Barton, who was voted to the chair, explained that the entertainment was for tl:h purpose of raising a small sumn in aid of the prizes of the C.E. Sunday school. At the conclusion of his remarks he called upon Misses Leslie, Fisher, Downie, and Whaley to open with the song, " Come to the home of our youth ;" a comic reading, "The adver tisement," was well dofie by Mr. E. IH. Smith. This wa;s followed by arecita tion, " Boy's rights," by H. Fisher, after which the choir ably rendered "Lulu." The humourous piece, "The Collegian and the P r.er" was done ample justice to by Mlr. D. Barton. The Misses Fisher, Whalley, and Dow nie were heard to advantage in "The harper." A recitation, "Come nud go," ws well done by F. Stanmmers, as was one entitled "Little gentlemen" by J. Barton. This terminated the first part of the programme, and during the interval light refres...